Fish Reports

Mark and Scott at the Wild Horse Resort (775) 758-6472: The ice is all gone. A couple of boats yesterday (Sunday) caught their limits of nice rainbows, with nothing under 15 inches. The cutbows are hot on nightcrawlers with most people limiting out in 3-4 hours. The rivers are clear enough for bait or spinners.?Į

The lake has been fishing really good for a month or so now. The fish are still spread around the lake and fish are being caught from Monument Rock to Anderson Bay. The nets area is very crowded. The South nets is very shallow and not fishing very well on clear calm days. On days when the wind blows into the beach the fish move

Flows are around 500 cfs and fluctuating daily due to run-off. It should be pretty good in a couple of weeks. For more information call of email the Reno Fly Shop at (775) 825-3474 info@renoflyshop.com

LAKE TAHOE - South Shore: Gene St. Denis: Fishing has been slow, slow, slow. I've been trolling at Ski Run Shelf at 150-280 feet with silver Herring Dodger flasher blades and live minnows. The jiggers are jigging in water 160 feet deep with Crippled Herring Jigs, tipped with a live minnow.

LAKE TAHOE - East Shore: Gene St. Denis: I'm toplining Rapala lures in 15-25 feet of water and it has been slow for rainbows, Macks and browns at Deadman's Point, Logal Shoals and Sand Harbor. I caught 5 fish on Monday with the largest being a 4-pound brown.

PYRAMID LAKE, NEV: Valerie or Linda or Patsy at Crosby's Lodge at (775) 476-0400 reported: They were doing good on the color green in the Model Dairy Derby. James Dobson had the heaviest fish (11.88). First place in the team fishing had a total of 62 pounds for 8 fish by 4 fishermen in 1 boat. There were more than 1,000 entries in the derby.

PYRAMID LAKE, NEV: Andy at the Gilly Sporting Goods Store in Sparks at 358-6113: One fly guy reported catching an 8-pounder over the weekend. The jiggers are doing good. The boaters are using the usual lures. Fly fishermen are using white/pink colors.

PYRAMID LAKE, NEV: Carla Molino of the Pyramid Lake Store at (775) 476-0555: I don't have a report this week, we were in Arizona watching major league spring training.

PYRAMID LAKE, NEV: Tim Wilson of the Pyramid Lake Marina and RV Park at (775) 476-1156: A fly fisherman at Pelican Point, last week, caught a 12.4 pounder and two 10-pounders, all on the same day. He was using Woolly Buggers and white or Chartreuse beetle flies.

PYRAMID LAKE, NEV: Jeri Grellman of Sparks of Hog Charters (358-5199): Fishing has been slow. Chris took a client out on Sunday and he caught 4 fish in 4 hours.

CARSON RIVERS, CALIF: East Carson River: The Trophy Section from Hangman's Bridge downstream to the Nevada stateline, opened year-round, on March 1.

TOPAZ LAKE: Chuck Fields at the Topaz Lake Marina (775-266-3550) reported: Yesterday (Monday), J. P. Williams caught a 4.2 pound rainbow while trolling the southwest side with a perch-colored Rapala lure. Also, Tom Brown caught a 4 pound rainbow while trolling the north end with a black/silver Rapala lure. They have been catching lots of limits on Rapalas on the west side and north and

TOPAZ LAKE: Diane at the Topaz Lake General Store: Tim Denver caught a 5.8 pound rainbow with a $100 tag. In addition, Wes Adams caught a 5.2 pound rainbow, Doug Douglas had a 4.9 pound rainbow and William Critser had a 3.4 pound rainbow.

HINKSON SLOUGH, NEV:(on the Mason Valley Wildlife Management Area): Elmer Bull: They are catching nice-sized bass.

LAHONTAN RESERVOIR, NEV: Missy at Burke's Market at Silver Springs (775-577-2750): We are now open on Mondays! The water is very high. Lots of people out fishing over the weekend. They were catching lots of white bass. I had reports of 2-3 pound Walleye being caught at Fisherman's Point on lures that look like a minnow. They are also catching fish on different types of

WILDHORSE RESERVOIR, NEV: Mark and Scott at the Wild Horse Resort (775) 758-6472: There is still ice out there but I wouldn't go out on it. There is open water around the edges. There are no fishermen. It was 10 degrees this morning and it is trying to rain, right now (Tuesday).?Į